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The editorial is in response to the trial of Joel Tenenbaum and Judge Nancy Gertner's plaint to Congress to do something about the "travesty" of justice (the Globe's word), köpa viagra. The paper wonders aloud whether Professor Charles Nesson, who represented Tanenbaum, helped his cause by the defense he took -- claiming that music file sharing was allowed under "fair use." That's a stretch that even the most libertarian thinkers haven't endorsed, buy viagra without prescription. Viagra pharmacy, What's interesting to me about the editorial is the reactions. Of course one never knows who the commenters are; they could all be music industry lackeys, cheap viagra bars, for all we know. Still, we have here a defense of big business against a powerless individual -- some people even compared him to Madoff, since in each case their crimes were committed with a few keystrokes. There is some amplification of power that people see in the control of digital information that makes them lose all sense of perspective and proportion. I don't think the same people would think $675,000 was a reasonable fine if Tenenbaum had stolen a CD from a store.

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